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Starting on August 29th the Brewers play 17 straight days. As good as Fiers and Nelson have been throwing, they should go with a 6 man rotation for that period then re-evaluate the situation after that.

Rosters expand two days later so bullpen shouldn't really be an issue. Typically, the Brewers haven't been big on September callups, but I'm guessing that they'll take advantage and have some pitchers available.

I think the timing will work out just right for them. The two injured starters come back about the same time as September call-ups so you can have a bigger pen. Plus at some point soon I would expect that they will shut down Nelson so he doesn't pitch too many innings this year. With the bigger Sept roster, they can keep Fiers around, which will be a real luxury in the pen.

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